Rejected Cars of The Fast & Furious 

It really sucks how fnf have basically abandoned the car culture now the first three movies will always be my favorites not to say the others are bad but they don't have the same magic of the first three

Thank God they rejected the MR2 SW20, because otherwise i wouldnt been able to buy one for a fair price :D

I'm fairly confident the series would've been over after one movie if it weren't for you and whoever else helped to pick out the cars. The selection is just so perfect.

I’ve always thought the 3000GT was underrated . It would’ve been insanely popular if it made the film

An E36 would've been perfect for Jesse

The bigger budget is needed to accompany the planes, submarines, tanks and flying cars. 😂

“The car should be fitting the character” Vin diesel: in an rx7*

Whoever picked the Brian’s ford lightning thank you!!! 🙏🏽

"no Russian cars, no Australian cars.." me imagining what FF would be like if Vin Diesel drove a Volga or Lada...

I just can't believe this all started with Dom and the crew stealing dvd players...😅

As someone who really enjoy Jesse as a character it makes me super happy to hear he almost got a B5 S4 and an E36 M3. I've owned both cars so the choice really makes sense, I prefer to imagine that he did on the B5 S4 but it was broke down on jack stands so he had to use his daily to race Johnny Tran

“Only cars originally sold in America” has multiple skylines which weren’t sold in America

this mans intro killed me “if you don’t know who i am, you’re not alone” 😂😂

This contributes to why the first movie is one of the best. The budget limitations kept things raw and to the street. People could actually connect with them realistically. Now the overblown budgets just bring to the screen a heap of unrealistic, unrelatable eye-sores.

Neat to see this process. I always wondered how this happened for the first movie as I had a tuner shop on the east coast in Atlanta, Ga at the time of the first movie and we were modifying those American cars you made fun of. East coast customizing was completely different from west coast. People were already starting to get tired of all the honda civic drivers running around with an intake and generic high flo muffler (or just cut off completely) trying to race everyone, myself included. I even built a 4 door sedan with a solid 400 hp back then and started putting honda logos on the door like WW2 fighter plane kills whenever I beat a civic on the street. Interestingly enough THE car to have back then was the 3000GT because of the all wheel drive. Tons of fox body mustangs and mini trucks too. Civic vs Mustang was HUGE competition and then the GTs vs the Type Rs started coming out. The funny part was the ford fiestas and festivas and even the Geo metro cars were the fastest on the road. One guy put a 500 hp corvette motor into his Geo Metro. Literally redefined power to weight ratio and no one could beat him at the drag strip.

As much as it would have been so cool to see my E46 M3 in the first movie, I got my car in 2013 and undoubtedly prices would be well on their way up by then. Cool to continue learning the history of the best part of the franchise, thanks for still making more videos!

Man, a BMW E36 or Audi A4 would have been right on the money for Jesse! That Jetta was always the odd one out, to be honest.

It's just amazing how the first few movies made with considerably less budget is still more enjoyable than the recent ones. Truck hijacking with Civics is suddenly isn't so over-the-top anymore. And that "Cars in newer movies are lucky to survive even one scene in the latest movies" statement is painfully true. You see Dom with a Charger, and you already now that poor car will be destroyed some way or another. It's just not right imo.

I was 24 when this came out and I was driving a '95 Integra. Now, I'm on my second S2000. Yeah, I'm a 45 year old S2000 owner haha.

I grew up in So Cal during the late 90s and saw first hand the street racing scene and the import scene you described. You hit the nail on the head with describing what cars were hot and people were driving.

“Not riced out enough” 😂

The smallest budgets force the crew to use the most amount of creativity and imagination, often producing brilliant results! Great explanation! Except...the failure to mention that Hector is going to be running 3 Honda Civics with spoon engines. And on top of that he just came into Harry's and he ordered 3 T66 turbos, with NOS, and a Motec system exhaust.

Always wanted to see an Aussie Holden in the films, now I know why. No Australian characters. Still by 2005 they could've used a Pontiac GTO (a rebadged LHD aussie built Holden Monaro) Another awesome video Craig!

If Tran drove a Mustang, Jesse’s confidence would have been even funnier. At least with the S2000, when it was new and the movie was made, tuning companies were having a really hard time with it. Most aftermarket parts made it slower. So you could make the argument that as long as the Jetta could run faster than the 14.1 a stock S2000 could do, he knew he would probably win.

No JDM cars, no right hand drive, must be available to buy in America....Leon: R33 GTR 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

6:17 "german cars didn't fit the movie" 8:26 "for Jessie we wanted a BMW or AUDI, but settled for a VW".

Thank you Craig for everything you do for car culture. Doms RX7 was a great choice and wish we could've seen more of it in the films. I bought my 3rd gen shortly after the release of the first movie. I was mostly inspired by the initial D anime and the arcade machine.

love the videos and the imfomation you have, im kinda curious about the big ram pickups used in the 2f2f ware house scramble part

"No cars not available in the U.S. and no right hand drive cars!" Ahem. Is this thing on? Ok. LEON'S R33 WAS RIGHT HAND DRIVE! AND ALSO NOT AVAILABLE IN THE U.S.!

They could make a spin-off and get this franchise back online by having dom's Rx 7 being found or even do something with any of the old og cars

I remember meeting this guy at a car show at the Santa Monica Airport. His Supra and my 240sx were painted the same color yellow. (This was before F&F)

The one thing that I always thought would add to the movie was a domestic versus import rivalry at race wars. The 2001 Z06 had just come out in the year 2000. Mustangs were also hot for drag racing. Not make them a large part of the movie but even a cameo scene touching on what was at the time a really hot topic. Our local race tracks had domestic versus import night frequently

4:00 All WRX are Impreza. They shared the same platform until 2013 when they separated the WRX into its own model. The one sold in the U.S. before 2002 was the Impreza RS

Wish the main car was a rebranded lotus Elise .. not bias at all..

The BWM in F&F2 with the Streetglow sticker, was part of The Jade Crew formed by one of my friends Ben Duen. I don't talk to him anymore, but his crew and his cars were awesome. I loved Ben's MR2 and wish I had the money to own one like his.

300zx missed out because the T-tops are 2 piece instead of 1. Imagine how different prices would be if they'd used the Z.

I’m happy the cars that made it into the movie did so. Here in the UK we didn’t get the Nissan Maxima, and the Volkswagen Jetta was called a Vento, but nobody really bought them. So it was good to see some original cars in the mix rather than the usual suspects.

What I find funny is the Jesse character for Midnight Club 2 was called Steven. He was super technical and talked about boost and fuel curves constantly and his character in the game drives the unlicensed version of an Audi 4 door called an Emu.

Man, I would love to hear the full stories on these. Can we get an unedited version of this video?

5:00 now I understand why Han tells Shawn he doesn’t want him rolling around in a Hyundai in Tokyo Drift 😂

Honestly, as a long time car enthusiast, I'm still baffled to this day, why a celica wasn't included.

The fact that they had a maxima, what could possibly have been rejected

So Craig, I have an earnest question which I don't think has ever been asked or answered. Even though it sounds like it was considered for Paul's hero car, why is the Z32 so obviously missing from the movies? Seems like you skipped over them straight to the Z33 and Z34. I mean, I'm kind of glad since it's helped to keep them relatively affordable (until very recently) compared to others. Still, always been curious.

Damn!!!!!!! I really can imagine jesse on the BMW and the Audi... that would have been very nice! I wish you could be tecnichal advisor on the movies again...

Rest in pieces Big Bird, we'll miss you...

When he mentioned Accords I almost fainted. Me owning one that shares with parts with the Prelude is also nice to have

Wow didn’t realise there was so much thought into cars etc. I assumed you just selected the cars anyone else would have selected. Any tuner ricer would have selected same cars. Regardless the car casting was amazing. Love the video.. “three identical custom supra” while rx7s are shown on the clip 😂

Hi Craig, was the Mk4 Prelude ever considered or was it to old by that point and that was why the Mk5 was opted for consideration instead? Certainly the Mk4 would have been much more camera appealing from the body shape. The H22 engine block could be easily modified to produce over 600hp.... Makng it a perfect tuner car for the film...

Man, I love all these videos. Brings me right back to high school and my motivation for starting to modify cars starting with my FC Rx-7. Thanks Craig!

My dad used to have a first gen GS! They are impossible to find now in clean condition! Humbles me that it was considered for vince's car!

A 300zx would have been cool in F&F1. Could've replaced your Maxima or been made tech heavy for Jesse.

I didn't realise the question i'd been asking about rejected cars had been answered. Shame the r32/nsx/silvia(?) frankenstein that has plagued me isn't mentioned. Can't even remember which print mag it was featured in for reference unfortunately...

I have always have the same thoughts about how the cars were not abused/purposely crashed by the owners/drivers in the script in the first movie make them seem a lot more special and relatable. It also made the moments when the Eclipse and Charger get wrecked a lot more powerful. Civics wasn't as much as they was 3 on screen and were the characters main car.

Omg imagine Jesse in a e36 M3 def wouldn’t have been shot to death by Johnny

Ultimately, good choices. Except the 20B that's a legend you slept on.

"They weren't rice out enough to get us excited" 😂😂 and I am genuinely surprised there were no 4th gen firebirds and camaros ngl.

Thank you for raising a hand when they wanted to put Johnny Tran in a Mustang 😂😂😂

Craig's pretty much perfect with the impressions of the reject cars like the Hyundai, Kia, Miata etc. My Friends and I thought pretty much the exact same thing. I hated Hyundai even more back then (and still kinda do, although theyve come a long way) because I always thought they intentionally made their name close to Honda.

I love how you don’t want to hurt anyones feelings so you give a compliment after you say something hurtful 😭😭

Good point at the end. The first 3, possibly 4 movies, the cars were like characters with their own story arch. Brian’s eclipse gets destroyed halfway through, the Supra gets built and is used for the rest of the film. The Camaro and Challenger in the second movie, you know where those cars came from and what happened to them. In the new movies they’re like props. Dom shows up in a GTX with no explanation of where it comes from, one scene, it’s wrecked and then gone never to be spoken about again, they’re forgettable, almost like how the movies have become.

I always liked the 3000GT that Paul drove in the 2Fast 2Furious prelude short film. I'm glad one managed to make an appearance at some point in the franchise. Wouldn't mind a little video on that one at some point if you have any details, Craig.

Leon’s RHD gtr must’ve been a headache Or was there only one hero car?

It's sad how many rare cars get destroyed for these movies... R.I.P 👼💔

Im kinda glad the Prelude never got put in it, its always easily forgotten keeping it cheap and I love mine

"these fools better move back''🤣🤣🤣🤣

Leon’s skyline was right hand drive.

Awesome breakdown. I was dead when you said " American compact cars you could rent at the airport" LOL..

Leon's skyline was right hand drive, but if you chose any other car, the Toyota Celica that you mentioned would've been a great pick. I can see him driving a tuned red one

Rejected cars from fast and furious Every single one that Craig suggested

If only cars that were originally sold here how was an r33 Considered

Hang on, the Hyundai Excel you can use the inlet from a Hyundai S Coupe which ran a T2 Turbo standard! and they were still available then

@7:32 Miata's were almost strictly autocross cars in the mid 90's to early 2000's. They started getting more popular after 2005 ish as a "tuner" car.

Man, fast and furious went from a car movie with action to being an action movie with cars in it. But I guess it wasn’t a car enthusiast movie to begin with by the looks of it.

So happy to finally understand why the Z32 didn't make the cut. Great info!

Was the mazda mx6 mentioned and will you do a video on the lightning I know it's not a jdm but it was in the film a little bit in diffrent scenes

Great vid craig. I died and screamed a little 7:20 at miatas

I’m guessing if Johnny Tran had used a Mustang, they wouldn’t need to put any Liveries on instead have splashes of Blood in front of it?

Those " *Behind The Scenes Footage* " in the warehouse filled with tuner cars , was a Candy Store for car enthusiasts ❤️... Did y'all see all those *SUPRA'S* lined up , waiting to be painted I assume 🔥

1:30 "Can't be driving a lowered car on dirt roads" Fast and Furious 8: "oh really, watch me do LAMBO MURCIELAGO ON ICE"

I, myself have been following the series since 1999 after viewing pre-views! Myself have gotten the entire series on Blu-ray since i started viewing on tube screens, VHS tapes!

The confusing thing is though, Jesse's Volkswagen Jetta was known as the Vento here in the UK so when my Dad owned an older Jetta (when it was called a Jetta), people asked if it was the same type of car in TFaTF

LOVE the new opening Craig! 🔥

letty in the s14 kouki is my favorite. it deserved way more scenes

Supra, RX7, Eclipse turbo and a 69 Charger in 2001 you couldn't have gone wrong!! That Maxima sounded really good!!

Some interesting cars here that I am both glad for some and gutted for others that didn't make the final films. Quick question, dont know if you'll see this. I'd imagine some cars were far easier to mod than others. Was there any particular brands or models that you just thought were real pain in the ass to mod for the films and for what Universal were looking for?

I always thought the Skyline was more Vince's style. Even when I saw the movie in theaters the Maxima didn't look like something Vince would.

The 1997-2002 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP would have fit in well. At the time they were pretty fast, lots of parts available. The supercharged 3800 (L67) was a damn near bullet proof engine. (If you replace the valve cover gaskets and convert to aluminum coolant elbows)

The 3000gt never had an option for a targa top, The 3000gt came in a very rare hardtop convertible and you can take the main roof panel from one of those and do a custom targa conversion with that panel.

*No right-hand drive cars.* *What about Leon's R33?*

I have to say - I’m pretty lucky to be owning a 300ZX but the only example I have ever saw in the FNF films was a sticker of the stillen Le Mans 300ZX in Brian’s room... Craig, if I do remember - the fnf was inspired by street racing that particularly had a black 300zx as one of the main vehicles mentioned. Any reason why it was not even used as an extra vehicle in ANY of the films?

I read somewhere that the original Fast and Furious was supposed to have a Dodge Neon RT, but it was voted not cool enough or believable that it was Fast. Even tho they actually were pretty fast, especially with a bigger turbo than stock!

The SRT4 would have been a nice addition

I always thought Vince should have had the R33 Skyline as he was a more dominant character compared to Leon who quiet frankly I barely even remember in the movie.

I laugh at Hyundai's design in the 90s to early 2000s🤣🤣

Knowing that they were basically ball-bagging the SoCal scene the choices make sense.

Hearing the fate Leon's GTR suffered in the end absolutely crushed me.

Glad to hear that an IS finally got a shoutout.

The S2k, the Eclipse, the Integra, the EG Civic, and even Hector's Accord wagon were all included in the first movie...I realize that you know this, I'm just saying.

I have had 3 vx220 and it’s a shame any lotus or “Opel speedster” never made it into the movies but considering they were never sold in the US (vx220, Elise s1, exeige s1) I now understand why

Graduated in 2002 and my high school parking lot was packed with Berettas and fox body mustangs. Those 2 definitely out numbered everything else. Followed by sunfires and Grand Prix / am. Finally Ford tempos lol.